Published January 1981
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Journal article
Properties of gaps in pulsar magnetospheres
Creators
- 1. Sussex Univ., Brighton (UK). Astronomy Centre
- 2. British Columbia Univ., Vancouver (Canada). Dept. of Physics
Description
The distribution of charged particles in the corotating regions of a pulsar magnetosphere is subject to the formation of gaps, in which the charge density (and particle density) becomes zero. Some detailed properties of such gaps (in the axisymmetric magnetosphere) are analysed, in particular the properties associated with finite plasma temperature and with departures of the magnetosphere from corotation. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
- Journal Volume
- 194
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
- Journal Page Range
- 95-110
- ISSN
- 0035-8711
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 12590321
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- AXIAL SYMMETRY; CHARGE DENSITY; CHARGED PARTICLES; PULSARS; ROTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAR MODELS; STELLAR MAGNETOSPHERES; VARIATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ATMOSPHERES; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STELLAR ATMOSPHERES; SYMMETRY